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BHARAT RATNA
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It is the highest civilian award in India. The award is given in recognition of service of the highest order, without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. The award was originally given to achievements in the arts, literature, science, and public services, but was later included other fields. The recommendations for the Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister with a maximum of three nominees given the award per year. Recipients receive a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a peepal-leaf–shaped medallion.
Recipients Year
C Rajagopalachari 1954
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
C V Raman
Bhagwan Das 1955
M Visvesvaraya
Jawaharlal Nehru
Govind Ballabh Pant 1957
Dhondo Keshav Karve 1958
Bidhan Chandra Roy 1961
Purushottam Das Tandon
Rajendra Prasad 1962
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Zakir Husain 1963
Pandurang Vaman Kane
Lal Bahadur Shastry 1966
Indira Gandhi 1971
V V Giri 1975
K Kamraj 1976
Mother Teresa 1980
Vinoba Bhave 1983
Khan Abdul Ghaffar 1987
M G Ramachandran 1988
B R Ambedkar 1990
Nelson Mandela
Rajiv Gandhi
Vallabhbhai Patel 1991
Moraji Desai
Abul Kalam Azad 1992
J R D Tata
Satyajit Ray
Gulzarilal Nanda 1997
Aruna Asaf Ali
A P J Abdul Kalam
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M S Subbulakshmi 1998
Chidambaram Subramaniam
Amartya Sen
1999
Gopinath Bordoloi
Ravi Shankar
Lata Mangeshkar 2001
Bismillah Khan
Bhimsen Joshi 2009
C N R Rao 2014
Sachin Tendulkar
Madan Mohan Malaviya 2015
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Jnanapith Awards
The Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to writers. It was started in 1961, the award is given to only Indian writers for writing in Indian languages included in the Constitution of India and English.
From 1965 till 1981, the award consisted of a citation plaque, cash prize and a bronze replica of the Hindu goddess Saraswati. Out of twenty-three eligible languages the award has been given for works in fifteen languages. Hindi (10), Kannada (8), Bengali (6), Malayalam (5), Gujarati, Marathi, Odia,
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and Urdu (4 each), Telugu (3), Assamese, Punjabi, and Tamil (2 each), Kashmiri, Konkani, and Sanskrit (1 each). So far 57 writers have been conferred the award including seven women authors.
Recipient Year Language
G Sankara Kurup 1965 Malayalam
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
1966 Bengali
Umashankar Joshi
1967
Gujrati
Kupalli Venkatappa Puttappa ‘Kuvempu’
Kannada
Sumitranandan Pant 1968 Hindi
Firaq Gorakhpuri 1969 Urdu
Viswanatha Satyanarayana
1970 Telugu
Bishnu Dey 1971 Bengali
Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’ 1972 Hindi
D R Bendre 1973
Kannada
Gopinath Mohanty Odia
Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
1974 Marathi
Akilan 1975 Tamil
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Ashapoorna Devi 1976 Bengali
K Shivaram Karanth 1977 Kannada
Sachidananda Vatsyayan 1978 Hindi
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
1979 Assamese
S K Pottekkatt 1980 Malayalam
Amrita Pritam 1981 Punjabi
Mahadevi Varma 1982 Hindi
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar 1983 Kannada
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
1984 Malayalam
Pannalal Patel 1985 Gujrati
Sachidananda Routray 1986 Odia
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar ‘ Kusumagraj’
1987 Marathi
C Narayan Reddy 1988 Telugu
Qurratulain Hyder 1989 Urdu
Vinayaka Krishna Gokak 1990 Kannada
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Subhash Mukhopadhyay 1991 Bengali
Naresh Mehta 1992 Hindi
Sitakant Mahapatra 1993 Odia
U R Ananthamurthy 1994 Kannada
M T Vasudevan Nair 1995 Malayalam
Mahasweta Devi 1996 Bengali
Ali Sardar Jafri 1997 Urdu
Girish Karnad 1998 Kannada
Nirmal Verma
1999
Hindi
Gurdial Singh Punjabi
Mamoni Raisom Goswami 2000 Assamese
Rajendra Shah 2001 Gujrati
Jayakanthan 2002 Tamil
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Vinda Karandikar 2003 Marathi
Rehman Rahi 2004 Kashmiri
Kunwar Narayan 2005 Hindi
Ravindra Kelekar
2006
Konkani
Satya Vrat Shastri Sanskrit
O N V Kurup 2007 Malayalam
Akhlaq Mohammed Khan ‘Shahryar’
2008 Urdu
Amarkant
2009
Hindi
Sri Lal Sukla Hindi
Chandrashekara Kambara 2010 Kannada
Pratibha Ray 2011 Odia
Ravuri Bharadwaja 2012 Telugu
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Kedarnath Singh 2013 Hindi
Bhalchandra Nemade 2014 Marathi
Raghuveer Chaudhari 2015 Gujrati
Shankha Ghosh 2016 Bengali
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Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards
It is the highest sporting honor for Indian Sports persons. The recipients are selected by a committee formed by the Ministry and is honored for their performance in the field of sports over a period of four years at international level. The award comprises a medallion, a certificate, and a cash prize of ₹7.5 lakh.
Recipient Year Sport
Viswanathan Anand 1991-92 Chess
Geet Sethi 1992-93 Billiards
Homi Motivala 1993-94 Yachting
Garg Pushpendra Kumar
1993-94 Yachting
Karnam Malleshwari
1994-95 Weightlifting
Nameirakpam Kunjarani
1995-96 Weightlifting
Leander Paes 1996-97 Tennis
Sachin Tendulkar 1997-98 Cricket
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar 1998-99 Athletics
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Dhanraj Pillai 1999-2000 Hockey (Men)
Pullela Gopichand 2000-01 Badminton
Abhinav Bindra 2001 Shooting
K M Beenamol
2002
Athletics
Anjali Bhagwat Shooting
Anju Bobby George 2003 Athletics
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
2004 Shooting
Pankaj Advani 2005 Billiards and
Snooker
Manavjit Singh Sandhu
2006 Shooting
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2007 Cricket
Mary Kom
2009
Boxing (Women)
Vijender Singh Boxing (Men)
Sushil Kumar Wrestling
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Saina Nehwal 2010 Badminton
Gagan Narang 2011 Shooting
Vijay Kumar
2012
Shooting
Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling
Ronjan Sodhi 2013 Shooting
Sania Mirza 2015 Tennis
P V Sindhu
2016
Badminton
Dipa Karmakar Gymnastics
Jitu Rai Shooting
Sakshi Malik Wrestling
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Dronacharya Awards
Dronacharya Award is given for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games. The winners are given a bronze statuette of Dronacharya, a certificate, ceremonial dress, and a cash prize of ₹5 lakh.
Recipient Year Sport
Bhalachandra Bhaskar Bhagwat
1985
Wrestling
Om Prakash Bharadwaj
Boxing
O M Nambiar Athletics
Desh Prem Azad 1986
Cricket Raghunandan Vasant
Gokhale Chess
Guru Hanuman 1987
Wrestling
Gurucharan Singh Cricket Ramakant Achrekar
1990
Cricket
Syed Naeemuddin Football
A Ramana Rao Volleyball
Ilyas Babar 1994 Athletics
Shyam Sunder Rao 1995
Volleyball Karan Singh Athletics
Wilson Jones 1996
Billiards & Snooker Pal Singh Sandhu Weightlifting
Joginder Singh Saini 1997 Athletics
G S Sandhu 1998
Boxing Hargobind Singh
Sandhu Athletics
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Bahadur Singh Chouhan
Athletics
Kenneth Owen Bosen 1999
Athletics Hawa Singh Boxing
Ajay Kumar Sirohi Weightlifting
S M Arif
2000
Badminton Gudial Singh Bhangu Hockey
Bhupender Dhawan Powerlifting Gopal Purushottam
Phadke Kho Kho
Hansa Sharma Weightlifting
Michael Ferreira 2001
Billiards & Snooker Sunny Thomas Shooting
Maharaj Krishan Kaushik
2002
Hockey
Renu Kohli Athletics
Homi Motivala Yachting E Prasad Rao Kabaddi
Jaswant Singh Athletics Sukhchain Singh
Cheema
2003
Wrestling
Robert Bobby George Athletics
Anoop Kumar Boxing
Rajinder Singh Jr. Hockey Cyrus Poncha
2004
Squash
Arvind Savur Billiards & Snooker Sunita Sharma Cricket
Ismail Baig
2005
Rowing Maha Singh Rao Wrestling
Balwan Singh Kabaddi
M Venu Boxing Koneru Ashok 2006 Chess
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Damodaran Chandralal
Boxing
R D Singh Athletics Jagdish Singh
2007
Boxing
Jagminder Singh Wrestling
Sanjeeva Kumar Singh Archery G E Sridharan Volleyball
Jaydev Bisht
2009
Boxing Pullela Gopichand Badminton
S Baldev Singh Hockey Satpal Singh Wrestling
Subhash Agarwal
2010
Billiards & Snooker
Ajay Kumar Bansal Hockey Captain Chandrup Wrestling
A K Kutty Athletics L Ibomcha Singh Boxing
Devendra Kumar Rathore
2011
Gymnastics
Kuntal Kumar Roy Athletics
Ramphal Wrestling Inukurthi
Venkateshwara Roy Boxing
Jasvinder Singh Bhatia
2012
Athletics
Sunil Dabas Kabaddi B I Fernandez Boxing
Bhawani Mukerjee Table Tennis Virender Poonia Athletics
Satyapal Singh Athletics
Harendra Singh Hockey Yashvir Singh Wrestling
Purnima Mahato 2013
Archery Narendra Singh Saini Hockey
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Mahavir Singh Boxing Raj Singh Wrestling
K P Thomas Athletics
Gurcharan Gogi
2014
Judo Jose Jacob Rowing
N Lingappa Athletics Ganapathy Manoharan
Boxing
Mahabir Prasad Wrestling
Nihar Ameen
2015
Swimming Anoop Singh Wrestling
Naval Singh Athletics
Swatantra Raj Singh Boxing Sagar Mal Dhayal
2016
Boxing
S Pradeep Kumar Swimming Bishweshwar Nandi Gymnastics
Mahavir Singh Phogat Wrestling
Nagapuri Ramesh Athletics Rajkumar Sharma Cricket
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